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Dram Shop

Pages
440
Published
2000
Language
English

Synopsis

This novel explores the harsh realities of working-class life in 19th-century Paris. Set against the backdrop of the city's taverns and slums, it portrays a family's descent into tragedy. The narrative examines how environment and inherited traits, such as alcoholism and mental instability, shape their destinies.

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Émile Zola

Emile Zola was a French journalist and novelist known for his series of 20 novels known collectively as Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93). Zola's style was called literary naturalism; his novels were attacked and even banned for their frankness and sordid detail, and caused quite a bit of controversy in their day. The same traits made him a best-selling author and a star of French literature in his day. In 1898 he then further incurred the wrath of French officials when he published the open letter...

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